Christmas cheer killer goes on inflatable snowman knife rampage

In the clip – recorded by CCTV cameras at night – a car speeds up to the front lawn of a house decorated with a gigantic, inflatable snowman.

A man jumps out of the car wielding a knife and runs over to the huge ornament and stabs it.

He then pulls at a cord in an attempt to bring the snowman down and runs back to the car which has a getaway driver waiting inside.

The footage then shows the poor snowman slowly deflate as the car speeds into the distance.

The incident happened in Soulard, Missouri, US, and the homeowners have taken the news with good humour calling the event a "mob hit" and reporting that their snowman received nine stitches after the stabbing.

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HAVE IT: The inflatable snowman killer approaches poor Frosty on the front lawn

They have set up a GoFundMe page called "Frosty's Assault" asking for $1000 (£804) to help Frosty spread his Christmas cheer by giving all donations to a children's charity.

The clip has racked up over 100,000 hits in just a few days and viewers were not impressed by what they saw.

One YouTube user wrote: "The grinch is real."

Another commented: "They must have done something really bad to merit that because that's really harsh!"

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TRAGIC: Inflatable Frosty begins to fall after the brutal late night stabbing